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Sunday, January 1, 2017
27th Annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk. Meet at Gateway Great Kills 12 PM to 2 PM.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
NRPA monthly meeting at the Nature Center in Blue Heron Park at 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
NRPA monthly meeting at the Nature Center in Blue Heron Park at 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
NRPA monthly meeting at the Nature Center in Blue Heron Park at 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
“40 Years of Blue” Join NRPA as we celebrate forty years of protecting our Marine Environ-
ment, from Lou Figurelli, to Kerry Sullivan, from the Mud Dump to Fresh Kills, from sewage treatment to Bluebelts,
from Shell fishing to sand mining. NRPA has been and will continue to be the voice for our estuary and wildlife, wa-
ter quality. Please support us on this fantastic milestone as we celebrate at Staaten Restaurant
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signed on the basis of computer
models and if your models are based
on the wrong information, the project
will not be designed correctly. The
results may be catastrophic and may
include problems such as oxygen
deprivation killing off fish and im-
properly designed flood control
measures that erode beaches and
wetlands instead of protecting them.
We always tell people to read Envi-
ronmental Impact Statements very,
very carefully and what was buried in
this document was a real shocker.
To make a long story short, the EIS
appears to be based on old infor-
mation about the length of time
needed for water to circulate through
Jamaica Bay. Years ago, it was
thought that water moved so slowly
in there that it took over a month for
the Bay to “flush”. But extensive
research showed that the water was
moving so quickly that only a week
was needed.
Not only did NRPA bring this to the
attention of the Army Corps, but one
of the authors of the updated re-
search, Dr. John Tanacredi, came to
the hearing. Dr. Tanacredi, Director
of the Center for Environmental Re-
search and Coastal Oceans Monitor-
ing at Molloy College, has served as
one of NRPA’s Trustees for many
years. He is a noted researcher who
also headed the National Parks Ser-
vice’s Jamaica Bay Unit for many
years. Dr. Tanacredi vociferously
objected to the modeling that was
used in the report and for the safety
of all, we hope that these inaccura-
cies will be corrected.
NRPA has submitted comments on
this project and we have also asked
for a supplementary EIS on the Co-
ney Island tie-in. We will review
these studies when they are re-
leased and report back to you.
